Stories

Our families and individuals are up against what can seem like insurmountable odds. They will bring with them incredible courage and resilience, and we will be here to offer the help and hope needed to help them get through tough times. MOM has the privilege to distribute hope in times of darkness and in times of joy.

Case Manager Laurie spoke last week on La Movida about services for people in our area, along with Karen Rice (MCPASD), Sarah Shatz (Joining Forces for Families) and Rebecca Van Dam (Middleton Public Library).

MOM is grateful to the Steve Stricker American Family Insurance Foundation for their generous gift of $10,000 to help prevent homelessness and end hunger for our neighbors. Each year, especially in the winter, there is increased need for the free food, warm clothing, utility, rent and emergency assistance MOM provides.

“As a volunteer, nothing beats walking a family through a food pantry for the first time. To me, volunteering means being the smiling face to families who are stressed. I just say, “Let’s get some food. It’s going to be alright.”

"Being a lifelong resident of this area, the miracles and efficiency by which MOM has been able to have an amazing impact on so many people, so many families, so many children, and so many other people needing assistance- it has been extremely humbling to bear witness to, and I doubt the significance of the miracles that happen at MOM are known by as many people as should know."

"Her little boy walked in. He was holding an empty green bean can to his mouth, drinking the juice from the bottom of it. I asked what he was doing and she said, 'He’s hungry. That’s all the food we have left in the house.' I asked her how and when they would get more food. She looked me in the eyes and said, 'I don’t know.'